Combined kitchen-table and ironing-board



A. P. DULGEROFF. COMBINED KITCHEN TABLE AND moNlNG BOARD.

APPLICATION FILED MAYSI. |919.

Patented Feb. 17, 1920.

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A. P. DULGEROFF..

COMBINED KITCHEN TABLE ANB |BON|NG BOARD.

Patented Feb. 17,1920.

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ATANAS P. DULGEROFF, OF PADUCAI'I, KENTUCKY.

COMBINED KITCHEN-TABLE AND IRGNING-BARD.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 17, 1920.

Application led May 31, 1919. Serial No. 301,053.

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, ATANAs P. DULGnnorr, a citizen of the United States,residing at Paducah, in the county of McCracken and State of Kentucky,have invented certain new and useful lmprovements in Combined Kitchen-Tables and Ironing- Boards, of which the following is a specification,reference being had to the accompanying drawings. Y

This invention relates to convertible furniture, and particularly tokitchen tables which are adapted to be converted into ironing tables,that is which are provided with an ironingl board adapted to be turnedto or from an operative position.

The general object of this invention is to provide an article offurniture of the class described so constructed that the ironing boardunder ordinary circumstances Jforms part of the top of the table, theironing board, however, being shiftable to a projected and operativeposition as an ironing board, there being means for filling thespace inthe top of the table formerly occupied by the ironing board.

A further object is to provide an ironing board which forms a section ofthe top of the kitchen table and which is pivoted thereto for movementfrom its position as part of the top to a projected position, andprovide a filling board hingedly connected to the ironing board properwhich, when the ironing board is projected into its operative positionas an ironing board, is lifted into its place to ll the spacevin the topot the table formerly occupied by the ironing board.

A further object is to provideV a sleeve board detachably mounted uponthe ironing board, and provide means for supporting the sleeve boardwhen not in use, and a bracket mounted on the ironing board to supportthe sleeve board in operative position, the iilling board being formedwith a slot to receive said bracket when the ironing board and fillingboard are turned into parallel position.

A further object is to provide a convertible article or" the characterdescribed which is very'simple in construction, eli'ective in use, andwhich will not have the objectionable features incident to otherconstructions of this character.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure1 is atop plan view of a combined ironing board and kitchen tableconstructed in accordance with my invention and showing theparts intheir folded position;

F ig. 2 is a front elevation, partly in section, of the table;

3 is an end elevation of the table;

Fig. 4E is a sectional view of the leaf 17 and the bracket forsupporting the sleeve board;

Fig. 5 is a top plan view showing the ironing board in its operativeposition; and

F ig. 6 is a side elevation of the table with the parts in the positionshown in Fig. 5.

Referring to these drawings, it will be seen that the table isconstructed in the usual manner of kitchen tables, and comprises a tabletop 10, the legs 11, the longitudinally extending supporting beams 12,and the.

transversely extending end supporting beams 13, and medial supportingbeams 141. These beams 12, 13 and 111 are cut away, as will be laterdescribed.

The table top 10 is formed of two spaced sections having theirconfronting edges convergent in one direction so as to leave,longitudinally of the table, an open space 15 which is to be i'illednormally by the ironing board. One end beam 13 is cut away, as at 16.The ironing board is designated 17 and has a total length equal to thetotal length ofthe table and a width and shape the same as the width andshape of the opening 15, that is it is broader at one end than at theother. Adjacent the butt or larger end of the ironing board, it ispivoted to the two lateral sections of the table top 10 by means ofdowel pins 18. These dowel pins are dis posed the same distance from theedge of the ta le top 10 as they are from the butt end of the board 17.As a consequence, when this board 17 is rotated to the position shown inFig. 1, to fill the space 15 and form part of the table top, the buttend of the ironing board will be coincident with the end edge ot thetable top. Hinged to the butt end of the board 17 is filling` board 19.The hinges are designated 20. These hinges are soormed as to permit theboard 17 to be laid over upon and approximately parallel with the board19 by a movement in one direction, but when the board 17 is in itsprojected position, as illustrated in Fig. 5, the board 19 will be in ahorizontal position and cannot be depressed below this horizontalposition.

The transverse beams 14 are cut away to accommodate the board 19.Normally, as before stated, the ironingboard 17 isdis-Y` posed so astofill the opening 15 and with itsv upper face flush with the upper faceof the table. Under these circumstancesthe lling board 19 will be drawnlongitudinally so that its butt edge is coincident with the butt edge ofthe ironing board 17, but its narrow edge will be inward of the adjacentedge of,Y the table top 10, this filling board under? thesecircumstances resting upon the trans- .verse Yframe beams 111. Vhen theironing board 17 is moved to its projected position, the filling board19 will be shifted longi- Vtudinally ofthe table and then raised'to aposition where it is flush with the table top. The narrow end of thelling board 19 and the narrow end of the ironing board 17 are bothtransversely grooved, as at 21, for engageinenty by a pivoted latch 22,one end of whichY is pivoted in a groove in one section of the table top10, the free end being received within a groove 23 formed in theopposite section. Thus, in both positions the 'l boards will be fullysupported.- The ironing board is formed with a inetal socket 2% for thereception of a leg or standard 25 which may be engaged in the socket inany Y Y bracket being formed with a longitudinally extending slot 28 andwith a perforation for ,the reception of a pin 29 extending downwardfrom' the sleeve board 30. `The sleeve board 30, rearward of the pin 29,is provided with a screw stud 31 having a head which is adapted to passthrough the slot 28, this slot being open-ended, and thus the sleeveboard may be lowered until the pin 29 engages in Athe perforation in thebracket. Thus the sleeve board will be supported in a horizontalposition, as illustrated in Fig. 6. When it is desired to attach thesleeve board, the sleeve board is raised to disengage the pin 29 andthen shifted rearward until the headed stud 31 disengages from the slot28. The frontbeain 12 of the ironingtable is formed to provide anopening and guides for the receptionl of the drawer 82, and alsoprovided with a slide opening 33 to receive the sleeve board. The'llingboard 19 is formed with a slot 34 to accommodate the bracket 27 when theironing board 17 is turned over into parallel relation to the fillingboard.

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jecting position Y Y 2. A. tableof the character described hav- 'boardin place. YWhen it is desired to use Y Y the ironing board, theV ironingboard is turned over. to its operative position, the lilling board liftsinto the Space 15 and is locked by the latch 22V and the leg 25 isput inplace to support the ironing board. Y, The sleeve board may, ofcourse,be^used whenever delt willbe seen that the kitchen table conformsin construction and shape to the Y ordinary kitchen table and may beinadeof the saine -iiiaterial and inthe saine manner.

t will be seen, furthermore, that the ironing board is fully. housedwithin` the kitchen table wlieiifnot lin use, and that thatsurface oftheironing board which is used for iron Y ing, and which may be padded, isthesurface which is downward when' the ironing board is in place withinthe opening V15 and fulfils its function as part of the table top. Yllhile l have illustrated a form of the invention which Yl believetolbe. thoroughly effective, it will b'eV obvious that many changesmight be made in the details of constructionV and arrangement of partswithout departing from the spirit of the invention.

I claim Y 1. A table of the character described having a top formedwitha longitudinal opening extending from one end toward the other endof the top, an Vironing board pivotally supported atene end ofthe tabletop and disposed within the longitudinal opening and fitting the saineandshiftable from a position filling said opening and wherein it isflushv withthe tablejtopland forms part Y thereof, to van outwardlyprojected position flushwith the table top, and a filling boardoperatively connected tothe ironing board Vto shift into the spaceoccupied bythe ironing boardv and forni .partei-I the tabletop when theironing board is shifted to its proingl a top formed with a longitudinalopening extending from and opening upon the end of the tcp, an ironingboard `pivotally connected at one end to one end of the table top anddisposed within said longitudinal opening and shiftable from a positionlling Y said opening and wherein it is flush with the Y Y table top andforms part thereof, to an outwardly projected position iiush with thetable top, and a filling board hinged to the butt` end Vof the ironingboard so that the ironing board may be turned over intoparallel relationto the filling-board, and Vwhen V the ironing board is turned outward toits projected position the filling board and the ironing board will bedisposed in the same plane with each other Aand with the table top.

3. A table of the character described having a top formed with alongitudinal opening extending from end to end of the top, an ironingboard pivotally supported at one end of the table top and shiftable froma position filling said opening, and where it is fiush with the tabletop and forms part thereof, to an outwardly projected position, a llingboard hinged to the butt end of the ironing board so that the ironingboard may be turned over into parallel relation to the filling board,and when the ironing board is turned outward to its projected positionthe filling board and the ironing board will be disposed in the sameplane with each other and with the table top, a sleeve board supportingbracket mounted on the butt end of the ironing board, the filling boardbeing formed with a slot to receive said bracket when the filling andironing boards are dis posed in parallel relation, and the sleeve boarddetachably engageable with said bracket.

4. AA table of the character described having a top formed with alongitudinal opening extending from end t0 end of the top, an ironingboard pivotally supported at one end of the table top and shiftable froma position filling said opening, and wherein it is flush with the tabletop and forms part thereof, to an outwardly projected position, afilling board hinged to the butt end of the ironing board so that theironing board may be turned over into parallel relation to the fillingboard, and when the ironing board is turned outward to its projectedposition the filling board and the ironing board will be disposed in thesaine plane with each other and with the table top, and a latch disposedat one end of the table opposite that end in which the ironing board ispivotally supported, said latch being engageable K with the end of theironing board when the latter is turned into a position alined with thetable top to hold the ironing board in suoli position but beingengageable with the filling board when the ironing board is projected.

5. A table of the character described having legs, a supporting frameand a table top formed in two laterally7 spaced sections to dene anopening` extending longitudinally of the table for its entire length, anironing board having a length equal to the length of the table top andpivotally supported at its butt end between the sections of the tabletop so that it may be rotated from a position where it forms part of thetable top to a projected position, and in both positions lic flush withthe table top, a table leg for supporting the ironing board in aprojected position, a filling board, hinges disposed in the normallyunder face of the ironing board and on the upper face of the fillingboard, the filling board being supported for longitudinal shiftingmovement upon the frame of the table whereby when the ironing board isturned over flush with the table top, the lling board will be retractedlongitudinally beneath the table top and will lie beneath the ironingboard, whereby when the ironing board is turned over to its projectingposition, the filling board will fill the space formerly occupied by theironing board, the corresponding ends of the ironing board and fillingboard being transversely grooved, and a latch mounted on the table topat one end thereof and adapted to engage in either of said grooves.

6. A table of the character described having legs, a supporting frameand a table top formed in two laterally spaced sections to define anopening extending longitudinally of the table for its entire length, anironing board having a length equal to the length of the table top andpivotally supported at its butt end between the sections of the tabletop so that it may be rotated from a position where it forms part of thetable top to a pro jected position, and in both positions lie flush withthe table top, a lling board, hinges disposed in the normally under faceof the ironing board and on the upper face of the filling board, thefilling board being supported for longitudinal shifting movement uponthe frame of the table whereby when the ironing board is turned overflush with the table top, the filling board will be retractedlongitudinally beneath the table top and will lie beneath the ironingboard, whereby when the ironing board is turned over to its projectingposition, the filling board will fill the space formerly occupied by theironing board, the corresponding ends of the ironing board and fillingboard being transversely grooved, a latch mounted on the table top atoneend thereof and adapted to engage in either of said grooves, a bracketmounted upon the butt end of the ironing board, a sleeve boarddetachably mounted on the bracket, the filling board beingl formed witha slot extending fromits butt end to receive the bracket when theironing board and filling board are turned to a parallel position, a legfor the ironing board detachable therefrom, and means formed in theframe of the table to receive and support the sleeve board and leg whennot in use.

vIn testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature in the presence oftwo witnesses.

ATANAS P. DULGEROFF.

Witnesses:

E. A. DAVIS, A. M. NICHOLS.

